Cases

Since the early 2000s, Uganda has placed an emphasis on bottom-up development by NGO’s and microfinance. The ‘people-centred’ approach to poverty alleviation and community development allows active participation and self-determination absent in the traditional market and state top-down models that discouraged popular participation and alienated citizens.

In 2013, NETRIGHT facilitated the creation of the Women’s Advocacy Platform by training and supporting women in the Juaboso District to lead advocacy for greater representation and gender responsiveness in local and district-level governance and development planning.